Gleb Arkhangelsky: biography, methodology, reviews

Gleb Arkhangelsky is a Russian business coach, the main expert in science, called "time management", the general director of the company "Organization of Time" and the editor-in-chief of the Internet portal improvement.ru. He is a candidate of economic sciences and the head of the time management department of the financial and industrial academy in Moscow. The article is devoted to this person and his methods of organizing time.

Biography

Gleb Arkhangelsky was born in 1979 in Leningrad. He graduated from St. Petersburg University with a degree in applied mathematics. Later he studied at the courses of project management and Time Manager. Interested in the topic of rational use of time, he developed his own school of time management in Russia.
Time management has always interested both managers and businessmen, but Gleb managed to study the problem thoroughly, as a result of which he began to make money on his research.

About "frogs" and "elephants"

Seminars on time management are a great success. Its technology will help any person to plan their time competently and realistically and get a high degree of effectiveness in their business. Gleb Arkhangelsky says that time is a unique resource, the only one that can not be filled. Money is different. They can be earned. But as for time, it goes away irrevocably.

Gleb Alekseevich emphasizes the allocation of special time for the performance of some unpleasant tasks that everyone has and tend to be postponed from day to day. He calls such petty deeds "frogs." Remaining unfinished, they can grow to incredible sizes and turn into so-called "elephants", big problems that require considerable time. To deal with them, Gleb Arkhangelsky proposes to "cut into steaks" each "elephant" and in parts so to deal with it. This means the division of a global task into a number of subtasks, the solution of which will lead to getting rid of the "elephant".

Integrity and regularity

The methodology of Gleb Arkhangelsky teaches many ways to correctly manage your time. He has been conducting similar seminars for several years.
The approach is interesting in that it relates not only to work, but also to all pastime, including family, rest and all components of a person's life. Only by taking time for all the components of life, it is possible to lead a full and decent way of life. The author of the methodology says that paradoxically it sounds, but the higher a person ascends the social ladder, the more difficult it is for him to plan his regime so that all the values he aspired to were fully satisfied. This is due to the greater share of responsibility that a leader or a businessman should carry, and an increasing number of cases. In addition, people who depend on him, too, require time for themselves. Therefore, it is so important to learn how to use this resource so that one day in old age you will not regret that the years were spent not at all what was needed.

Organization of time, except work

Important is not the quantitative indicator of labor, but its qualitative characteristics. It is known that a person, if he is exhausted, simply can not work fruitfully and efficiently. Therefore it is important to organize and plan the rest, so that there is a maximum possibility of switching. For example:

• When working as a programmer, leisure should necessarily be active;
• Sports coach, on the contrary, is more suitable "sedentary rest", some kind of computer game.

If we talk about laziness, then you should not take it critically and perebaryvat yourself. It is better to have a good rest and relax. Then there will be a desire to work again.
The best rest, of course, is a dream. Gleb Alekseevich Arkhangelsky argues that a person physiologically needs a little sleep during the day. If you take this as a rule, then immediately there will be a marked increase in productivity in work.
To better sleep, it is good to spend before this time some one ritual, preferably at the same time. And in the future do it only when a person is going to sleep.

Time of labor activity

To fruitfully realize your dreams, you need to study "three whales" or three basic principles on which time management is held. This is goal-setting, planning and motivation.

With the first principle, problems usually do not arise, since, probably, everyone has some desires and goals that they would like to achieve. In order that they acquire certain visible features, they are planned and fixed on any information carrier. However, in order to realize the conceived, despite possible obstacles and unpleasant actions that need to be performed, sufficient motivation is needed. Usually it is with this principle that problems arise. To create motivation, you need to do self-knowledge and understand in what mode and how a person is able to work best. Having studied this, it is necessary to create such conditions for yourself.
In planning, Gleb Arkhangelsky notes that it should be flexible, with the possibility of changing and setting a time reserve.
Plans are made for days, weeks, months and years. All tasks in them are prioritized.

With a properly organized time, you can see that all tasks are being handled at the right time. Gleb calls this indicator a kyros. It is necessary to carefully monitor it and not waste your time when objectively the problem can not be solved.

Works

Several books have already been published, among them such as "Diary", "Work 2: 0", "Organization of Time", "Time Drive" and others written by Gleb Arkhangelsky. Reviews of those who tried on his methods, there are different. Some say that they begin to study and after two weeks they break down and go to their former mode of being. Others, armed with some kind of rule, begin to find time for things that were previously unavailable to them.

With all the effectiveness of the methodology, one must understand that it will become such only when it is dealt with day in and day out, without ceasing and at the same time not overloading itself with information excessively. Gleb Arkhangelsky, whose biography demonstrates success, believes that each individual way should be done slowly, gradually introducing into practice. And only after its mastering, to proceed to the study of the following principle. Then the result will exceed expectations.